Chapter 2100 Flashcards
2103
Patent Examination Process
2104
Requirements of 35 U.S.C. 101
2105
Patent Eligible Subject Matter — Living Subject Matter
2106
Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
2106.03
Eligibility Step 1: The Four Categories of Statutory Subject Matter
2106.05
Eligibility Step 2B: Whether a Claim Amounts to Significantly More
2106.06
Streamlined Analysis
2106.07
Formulating and Supporting Rejections For Lack Of Subject Matter Eligibility
2107
Guidelines for Examination of Applications for Compliance with the Utility Requirement
2109
Inventorship
2111
Claim Interpretation; Broadest Reasonable Interpretation
2112
Requirements of Rejection Based on Inherency; Burden of Proof
2114
Apparatus and Article Claims — Functional Language
2115
Material or Article Worked Upon by Apparatus
2116
Novel, Nonobvious Starting Material or End Product
2117
Markush Claims
2120
Rejection on Prior Art
2120.01
Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and (a)(2) and Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a), (b), or (e): Printed Publication or Patent
2120.02
Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) or Pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(a) or (b): Knowledge by Others, or Public Use, or On Sale
2121
Prior Art; General Level of Operability Required to Make a Prima Facie Case
2122
Discussion of Utility in the Prior Art
2123
Rejection Over Prior Art’s Broad Disclosure Instead of Preferred Embodiments
2124
Exception to the Rule That the Reference Must be Prior Art
2125
Drawings as Prior Art